Hyderabad: Tech giant Microsoft on Thursday, August 6, announced the general availability of its fourth cloud region in India, located in Hyderabad, giving customers the choice to run eligible Microsoft Cloud services and workloads from the city. The new “India South Central” cloud region makes Microsoft the provider with the largest hyperscale cloud presence in the country, adding to its existing regions in Pune (central India), Chennai (south India) and Mumbai (west India). This includes a USD 3 billion investment announced in January 2025 and a subsequent USD 17.5 billion commitment made in December 2025. We are investing in India’s ability to set the pace for the world,” Puneet Chandok, president, Microsoft India and South Asia, said in a statement. The Hyderabad facility comprises three availability zones and is designed to support mission-critical workloads with high resilience.